Urban Tree Carbon Budget Parameters for Shihezi City Green Spaces

A 2026 study by Ruijing Zhang calculates the life cycle carbon sequestration and emissions of main tree species in Shihezi City. The dataset includes parameters and diagnostics from biomass equations, comparing carbon budgets across parks, roadsides, and residential areas. It is a 1.7 KB CSV file shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling net carbon sequestration of urban tree species based on reported biomass equations.
• Comparing carbon storage and emission trade-offs across different green space types (parks, roadsides, residential).
• Identifying tree species with positive life cycle carbon budgets under current management practices.
• Analyzing the impact of irrigation as a primary emission source in urban tree maintenance.

Strengths

• Provides specific carbon storage values per tree for three green space types (e.g., 366.78 kgC tree⁻¹ in parks).
• Identifies a key emission source (irrigation accounting for >50% of total carbon emissions).
• Includes results for specific species, such as Ulmus pumila having the highest per-tree carbon storage (595.39 kgC tree⁻¹).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (1.7 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

Ruijing Zhang via figshare.

Collection Method

Calculated using life cycle assessment, biomass equation method, and emission factor method.

Time Range

Study published in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 17:29:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shihezi City, China.